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attractive:
Pleasing to the eye or mind; having the power to draw attention; charming; pleasing. See attractive [SYN] for synonyms. Quotes:
(1) Felix/Baron Von Gaigern (John Barrymore) to Flaemmchen (Joan Crawford) in Grand Hotel (1932): ' You're quite attractive enough to be anything .'
(2) Mischa Auer to Joan Davis in Around the World (1943): ' What's the idea of posing as an attractive woman? '
(3) Velma Valento (Claire Trevor) and Philip Marlowe (Dick Powell) in Murder, My Sweet (1945):
-- Velma: ' I find men very attractive .'
-- Philip: ' I imagine they meet you half way .'
(4) Maria Danreuther (Lola Lollobrigida) to Gwendolyn Chelm (Jennifer Jones) in Beat the Devil (1954): ' All husbands like their wife to seem attractive to other men .'
(5) Aaron Altman (Albert Brooks) to Jane Craig (Holly Hunter) in Broadcast News (1987): ' Wouldn't this be a great world if insecurity and desperation made us more attractive , if needy were a turn-on .'
(6) Sally Albright (Meg Ryan) and Harry Burns (Billy Crystal) in When Harry Met Sally (1989):
-- Sally : ' Harry, we are just going to be friends .'
-- Harry: ' You realise of course that we can never be friends .'
-- Sally : ' Why not? '
-- Harry: ' What I'm saying is, and this is not a come-on in any way , shape or form, is that men and women can't be friends because the sex part always gets in the way . (...) Because no man can be friends with a woman he finds attractive . He always wants to have-sex-with her .'
-- Sally : ' So, you're saying that a man can be friends with a woman he finds unattractive .'
-- Harry: ' No, you pretty much want to nail them too .'
(7) Mrs. Garner (Doreen Lang) to Terry Dean (Paul Hogan) in Almost an Angel (1990): ' A woman should be told she's attractive and desirable otherwise she ceases to be either .'
(8) Amanda (Kelly Preston) and Cliff Godfrey (Andrew McCarthy) in Only You (1992):-- Amanda : ' Do you find me attractive? '-- Cliff: ' God! I'm sure you get catcalls from priests .'
Synonyms: adorable, agreeable, alluring, appealing, attracting, arresting, awe-inspiring, awesome, beauteous, beautiful, beckoning, becoming, bewitching, breathtaking, captivating, catching, catchy, charming, comely, compelling, cunning, dishy, cute, darling, dishy, duende, enchanting, engaging, enthralling, enticing, fair, fascinating, fetching, foxily, glamorous, good-looking, gorgeous, handsome, hunky, imposing, impressive, interesting, inviting, looker, lovely, luring, magnetic, mediagenic, mesmeric, nice-looking, photogenic, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, prepossessing, pretty, provocative, savory, scrumptious, seductive, showy, slick, snazzy, striking, stunning, taking, tantalizing, teasing, telegenic, tempting, toothsome, winning, winsome,
See Also: smooth article, hunk of beef, phat chick, suck-sy, trouser arouser, karena, cutes, cutie, mint, scorcher, bonar, booty-shot, fly-boy, fucksome, glamour puss, good front, good looker, Greek god, drooly, fly, honey dip, hunkorama, bitch magnet, built for comfort, callibombe, cheeker, chickybabe, chossel, classy chassis, collar ad, cooker, face on a stick, fine thing, sextractive, skinz, bed bait, bedful of sin, beef-a-roni, beefbot, beo, baker's dozen, lulus, RV, scoping, sex kitten, DD, definite doink, crusher, little charmer, dishy, doable, a bit of crackling, Afrodite, alamo!, babe on wheels, babe-a-cious, arse from elbow down, babia majora, Venus with a penis, voos, talent, tenderoni, poodle, real babe, pinup boy, trat, swoony, foxy, hunk of ass, hunk of butt, doll up, charmer, attractive, dolly, cheesecake, comely, bonny, dish, lovely, tomato, totty, poundcake, yummies, yummy, turn someone on, taco, smoothie, sweet patootie, sweet potato pie, lush, mac daddy, mack daddy, mega-babe, melted butter, sex pot, sexed up, sexiness, sexpot, jiggy, scope on, scope out, betty, bimbette, biscuits, bit of all right, bit of alright, bit of fluff, beef cakes, baldwin, Sheba, cupcake, cute number, looker, a, crackling, creamie, kisser, knockout, dreamboat, doll face, aphrodette, babyolatry, babe-a-licious, babellicious, bod, Barbie, butter baby, brummy, Circe, cherry pie, fla, flah, cookie, cool, cover girl, nymphet, oomph girl, package, Page Three Girl, pair, pancake, patootie, hookey, hooky, hot bod, hot number, hammer, he-male, Hottentot apron, hotty, chicken dinner, eyeful, gay youthism, ginch, fly-girl, hemale, hen, cheese, bottom, sex appealing, banana, biddy, beetle, ring someone's bell, ring someone's chimes, bait, killer, cute trick, buff, buff-boy, fleshpot, chic, chick, homely, honey, grow on, he-man, hotcha, peach, swish, pickup line, pin-up, pinup, tart, bosom, cute,
Quotes Containing attractive:
In The Penthouse Sexicon (1968) Frederic Mullally defined: - BOSOM: ''Attractive anatomical protuberance peculiar to the female anatomy.'' - BOTTOM: ''Anatomical protuberance attractive to the peculiar male.''
In The Penthouse Sexicon (1968) Frederic Mullally defined: - BOSOM: ''Attractive anatomical protuberance peculiar to the female anatomy.'' - BOTTOM: ''Anatomical protuberance attractive to the peculiar male.''
Maria Danreuther (Lola Lollobrigida) in Beat the Devil (1954): 'All husbands like their wife to seem attractive to other men.'
Felix/Baron Von Gaigern (John Barrymore) to Flaemmchen (Joan Crawford) in Grand Hotel (1932): 'You're quite attractive enough to be anything.'
Mischa Auer to Joan Davis (asthemselves) in Around the World (1943): 'What's the idea of posing as an attractive woman?'
Maria (Lola Lollobrigida) to Gwendolyn (Jennifer Jones) in Beat the Devil (1954): 'All husbands like their wife to seem attractive to other men.'
Aaron Altman (Albert Brooks) to Jane Craig (Holly Hunter) in Broadcast News (1987): 'Wouldn't this be a great world if insecurity and desperation made us more attractive , if needy were a turn-on.'
Amanda (Kelly Preston) and Cliff Godfrey (Andrew McCarthy) in Only You (1992): - Amanda : ''Do you find me attractive?'' - Cliff: ''God! I''m sure you get catcalls from priests.''
Amanda (Kelly Preston) and Cliff Godfrey (Andrew McCarthy) in Only You (1992): - Amanda : ''Do you find me attractive?'' - Cliff: ''God! I''m sure you get catcalls from priests.''
Aaron Altman (Albert Brooks) to Jane Craig (Holly Hunter) in Broadcast News (1987): ''Wouldn''t this be a great world if insecurity and desperation made us more attractive , if needy were a turn-on.''
Velma (Claire Trevor) and Marlow (Dick Powell) in Murder, My Sweet (1945): - Velma Valento: 'I find men very attractive .' - Philip Marlow: 'I imagine they meet you half way .'
Lisa Fremont (Grace Kelly) to Jeff/L.B. Jeffries (James Stewart) about Miss Torso, an attractive woman surrounded by men in Rear Window (1954): ''I''d say she''s doing a woman''s hardest job ; juggling wolves.''
Mrs. Garner (Doreen Lang) to Terry Dean (Paul Hogan) in Almost an Angel (1990): 'A woman should be told she's attractive and desirable otherwise she ceases to be either.'
Amanda (Kelly Preston) and Cliff Godfrey (Andrew McCarthy) in Only You (1992): - Amanda : 'Do you find me attractive?' - Cliff: 'God! I'm sure you get catcalls from priests.'
Sally (Meg Ryan) and Harry (Billy Crystal) in When Harry Met Sally (1989): - Sally Albright: ''Harry, we are just going to be friends.'' - Harry Burns: ''You realise of course that we can never be friends.'' - Sally Albright: ''Why not?'' - Harry Burns: ''What I''m saying is, and this is not a come-on in any way , shape or form, is that men and women can''t be friends because the sex part always gets in the way . (...) Because no man can be friends with a woman he finds attractive . He always wants to have-sex-with her.'' - Sally Albright: ''So, you''re saying that a man can be friends with a woman he finds unattractive.'' - Harry Burns: ''No, you pretty much want to nail them too.''
Sally Albright (Meg Ryan) and Harry Burns (Billy Crystal) in When Harry Met Sally (1989): - Sally : 'Harry, we are just going to be friends.' - Harry:'You realise of course that we can never be friends.' - Sally : 'Why not?' - Harry:'What I'm saying is, and this is not a come-on in any way , shape or form, is that men and women can't be friends because the sex part always gets in the way . (...) Because no man can be friends with a woman he finds attractive . He always wants to have-sex-with her.' - Sally :'So, you're saying that a man can be friends with a woman he finds unattractive.' - Harry:'No, you pretty much want to nail them too.'
Sally (Meg Ryan) and Harry (Billy Crystal) in When Harry Met Sally (1989): - Sally Albright: 'Harry, we are just going to be friends.' - Harry Burns: 'You realise of course that we can never be friends.' - Sally Albright: 'Why not?' - Harry Burns: 'What I'm saying is, and this is not a come-on in any way , shape or form, is that men and women can't be friends because the sex part always gets in the way . (...) Because no man can be friends with a woman he finds attractive . He always wants to have-sex-with her.' - Sally Albright: 'So, you're saying that a man can be friends with a woman he finds unattractive.' - Harry Burns: 'No, you pretty much want to nail them too.'
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